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Turning Level USA honored a Goal worker who went viral after a buyer accosted her for carrying a Charlie Kirk shirt to work this weekend.
Jeanie Beeman, 72, acquired a flood of help from conservatives on social media after a lady filmed herself confronting Beeman concerning the shirt. The lady within the video hurled expletives at Beeman and condemned her as a “racist,” however Beeman reacted calmly and de-escalated the scenario.
“I am sorry, however I am not going to face right here and argue with you,” Beeman tells the girl within the video earlier than wishing her a superb day.
Conservative activists Benny Johnson and Jack Posobiec welcomed Beeman to the stage at AmericaFest on Saturday.
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From left, Benny Johnson, Jeanie Beeman and Jack Posobiec stand on stage throughout Turning Level USA’s AmericaFest 2025, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photograph/Ross D. Franklin)
“Jeanie, the girl who was harassed at Goal for carrying a Charlie Kirk shirt, simply joined me ON STAGE at AmericaFest,” Johnson wrote on X after the occasion. “Patriots have donated over $260,000+ to her because the incident the place she defended Charlie’s title. From being harassed at work to standing on stage at TPUSA’s largest occasion of the yr. That is how we struggle darkness with gentle.”
The four-day AmericaFest occasion held on the Phoenix Conference Middle options huge names from the world of conservative politics, together with Vice President JD Vance, who is predicted to be the occasion’s keynote speaker on Sunday, and Erika Kirk, who’s headlining the occasion.
The convention comes because the group grapples with the September assassination of Kirk, who was gunned down at a Turning Level USA occasion at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah.
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A bunch of attendees in a breakout session about increasing Turning Level USA on school and highschool campuses throughout AmericaFest in Phoenix on December 19, 2025. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox Information Digital)
“At AmericaFest 2025, we collect to honor Charlie’s legacy — to proceed the mission he started and to rejoice the nation he beloved,” TPUSA wrote.
AmericaFest is predicted to draw over 30,000 attendees over the course of the weekend, with organizers saying this yr is about to see the largest turnout but. It additionally comes forward of the 2026 midterm elections, with organizers seeking to energize a brand new demographic of younger voters with the hopes of strengthening the conservative base earlier than a brand new flock of scholars heads to the polling place subsequent yr.
Ben Shapiro talking to attendees at AmericaFest 2025. (Screenshot/TPUSA)
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Attendees can even anticipate to listen to from a number of different conservative heavyweights on the convention, together with Donald Trump Jr., Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, as TPUSA seems to rebuild after the tragic loss of life of its founder whereas staying true to its roots of facilitating conversations throughout the political spectrum.
Fox Information’ Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
